Joshua 18:3
So Joshua said unto the sons of Israel, - How long, will ye be too slothful, to enter in and take possession of the land, which Yahweh God of your fathers, hath given unto you?
Judges 18:9
And they said - Arise! and let us go up against them, for we have seen the land, and lo! it is very good, - are, ye, then, minded to do nothing? do not be too slothful to go, and enter, and take possession of the land.
Proverbs 2:2-6
So that thou direct, unto wisdom, thine ear, bend thy heart, unto understanding;
Proverbs 10:4
He becometh poor, who dealeth with a slack hand, but, the hand of the diligent, maketh rich.
Proverbs 13:4
The sluggard, desireth, but his soul hath, nothing. But, the soul of the diligent, shall be enriched.
Proverbs 15:19
The way of the sluggard, is like a thorn hedge, but, the path of the upright, is a raised road.
Ecclesiastes 9:10
Whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, with thy might, do, - for there is no work nor calculation nor knowledge nor wisdom, in hades, whither, thou, art going.
Zephaniah 3:16
In that day, shall it be said - to Jerusalem, Do not fear, - O Zion, Let not thy hands hang down:
Matthew 20:6
And, about the eleventh, going forth, he found others, standing, and saith unto them - Why, here, stand ye, all the day, unemployed?
John 6:27
Be working, not for the food that perisheth, but for the food that endureth unto life age-abiding, - which, the Son of Man, unto you, will give; for upon, the same, hath the Father, even God, set his seal.
Philippians 3:13-14
Brethren! I, as to myself, reckon that I have, not yet, laid hold; one thing, however, - the things behind, forgetting, and, unto the things before, eagerly reaching out,
2 Peter 1:10-11
Wherefore, all the more, brethren, give diligence to be making, firm, your calling and election; for, these things, doing, in nowise shall ye stumble at any time,